Problems
What will AGI do for Capture Retiring Operator Knowledge?
Manufacturing plants, utilities, and heavy infrastructure facilities rely on a shrinking cohort of senior operators who hold decades of undocumented, highly specific mechanical knowledge. When these technicians retire, they take with them the tacit understanding of unmapped system quirks, legacy machinery bypasses, and acoustic diagnostic cues. Plant managers face immediate spikes in downtime and maintenance costs because incoming junior technicians lack the situational awareness to diagnose complex, undocumented equipment failures.